Organisers of the Scripps National Spelling Bee competition in the United States of America have cancelled the 2020 edition because of the novel coronavirus pandemic. The 2020 edition of the competition was slated for 24the to 29th May 2020. “Scripps National Spelling Bee, USA has determined there is no clear path to safely set a […] The post Scripps

The UHAS lab at the University of Health and Allied Sciences will from today, Monday, April 27, 2020 start testing samples of persons suspected to have been exposed to COVID-19. This is in line with Ghana’s objectives of expanding its capacity for testing for the COVID-19. A memo issued to district directors of health services […] The post UHAS lab begins COVID-19 testing from

The Ghana Union of Traders’ Association (GUTA) is making fresh appeals to government to give its members a three-week grace period to mobilize funds to clear their goods from the country’s various ports amidst the novel Coronavirus pandemic. GUTA’s concerns come barely a week after the Ghana Shippers’ Authority officially informed the Ghana Ports and […] The post COVID-19:

Africa is home to 93% of the world’s malaria cases and 94% of the world’s malaria deaths (WHO, 2019). In 2018, there were 228 million cases and 405,000 deaths from malaria globally. Pregnant women and children under the age of 5 are most at risk. A child still dies every two minutes from malaria. In […] The post Dr Sylvia Anie writes: When you think COVID-19,